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IMPROVED MACHINE FOR MIXING FLR, ttc.

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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, J.V B. PETERSON, of Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved MixingMaehi-neg'nnd I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make-and use the same, reference being had to the following drawings', forminga part of this specification.

Figure I represents-a. sectional elevation of my improved mixing-machine.

Figure 2 is a plan or top View, partly in sdction, of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates toa new machine for mixing Hour and other material, and consists chieiy inthe use Yof a revolving plate, upon which the material to be mixed is deposited, and whence'it is,lin minute quantities, l thrown Off by centrifugal force.

Besides this plate, there'are also suitable stirrers employed.

A, in the drawing, represents a case or box, made o`- metal or other suitable material. It has an opening through its covering-plate, a, and has an openbottom. l

B is an upright shaft, which is supported on a step, b, formed on thelower part ofthe box A. The step is covered and protected by two inclined plates, c c, that form a roof, as shown, and that may extend entirely across the loner part of the box, so as to form two channels or dischargempenings, cl r1, as shown, that may have also inclined ends, as indicated in thefdrawings.

On theshaft B are mounted'two or more arms, e e, which work above a perforated or slotted plate or grate, 1f, that is secured across the upper opening of the box. On the shzift B is also mounted, below the grutef, and above the step b, a. disk, g, which carries a series of curved or other arms, L 7L, upon it, ns is clearly shown in tig. 2p. l

The shaft B carries a. toothed wheel, z', near its upper end, and receives rotary motion from a horizontal crank-shaft, C, by means of a toothed \vheel,j, mounted on the latter, us indicated in iig. 1.

The flour or other material to be mixed is fed to a hopper, D, formed above and around the upper opening ofthe boxA, and falls upon the gratef, whereou it is stirred bythe arms e, so ns to drop through the apertures of the grate Or plntef, upon the rotating platte g. It is, -on this plate, by the centrifugal force, gradually vbrought to the edge of the plate, and is then thrown oil, in minute quantities, from the edge, escaping through the discharge-channels CZ CZ. l

K By the arms e it is already well mixed on the grate f, but still more and completely by the action ofthe plate g. The arms bfon this plate keep it apart, and cause better mixture, as the particles are ,thrown against and repelled by them. v d

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A mixing-machine, consisting of the rotary shaft B', on which the arms e and the disk g are mounted, the arms working over a perforated stationary plate, f, or its equivalent, and the disk throwing the particles to be l mixed Ofi', substantially als described, all working in o. ease Or box, A,vin the manner specified.

J. D. PETERSON.

Witnesses:

FRANK BLoeKLEY, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

